City of Atlanta Spent $2.6 Million to Recover from Ransomware Attack

The city of Atlanta spent more than $2.6 million on emergency efforts to respond to a ransomware attack that destabilized municipal operations. Attackers, who infected the city's systems with the pernicious SamSam malware, asked for a ransom of roughly $50,000 worth of bitcoin.

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